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The Reds generally controlled the game and created the better of the chances – but the Rams did have 64 percent possession and O’Neill wants to see his side work to retain the ball for longer.

“Derby County have, from things that I have seen this season, been one of those sides who like to retain possession,” said O’Neill. “You tell me they had almost two-thirds of possession – but it is about what you do with it.

“Our aim is to try to have more and more of the ball.

“We played Brentford and they had more of the ball than us and there have been other games where it has been tough – Bristol City, in the first game, being one of them.